Faculty of Agriculture: Recent submissions

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    • Long-term challenges to food security and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa 

      Ackello-Ogutu, Chris; Okoruwa, Victor; Bahal, Girish Nath (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2012)
      This briefing paper is one of the 10-part Global Development Network (GDN) Agriculture Policy Series for its project, ‘Supporting Policy Research to Inform Agricultural Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia’. ...

    • Strategic Assessments and Development Pathways for Agriculture in the Semi-Arid Tropics 

      Freeman, H.Ade; Rohrbach, David D.; Ackello-Ogutu, Chris (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2002-12)
      The agricultural economies of Africa have witnessed three major changes during the past 10 to 15 years that justify a reassessment of agricultural research priorities. First, liberalization of macroeconomic and trade ...

    • Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa 

      Nzuma, Jonathan Makau; Waithaka, Michael; Mulwa, Richard Mbithi; Kyotalimye, Miriam; Nelson, Gerald (Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2010-07)
      The ten ASARECA member countries (Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) have adopted, or are planning to adopt, a range of climate change adaptation ...

    • Decomposition, Mineralization And Nitrogen Loss Following Application Of Different Rates Of Mucuna Green Biomass Under Field Conditions In Kenya 

      Maobe, S.N.; Mburu, M.W.K.; Akundabweni, L.S.; Ndufa, J.K.; Mureithi, J.G.; Makini, F.; Okello, J.J. (2010)
      Knowledge on the relationship amongst mucuna green biomass application rate, decomposition pattern, mineralization and its distribution in rooting zone of maize is essential for efficient utilization of the legume as N ...

    • Institutional and policy issues relevant to pastoral development in Kenya 

      Omiti, John; Irungu, Patrick (Department of Agricultural Economics, 2002)
      Pastoral life is dependent upon and bound to livestock. Pastoralists operate in a fragile and precarious environment characterised, by long dry spells, interspersed with low and erratic rainfall. These factors, together ...

    • Social Protection and Agricultural Development in Kenya 

      Irungu, Patrick; Ndirangu, Lydia; Omiti, John (Department of Agricultural Economics, 2009)
      This paper focuses on social protection programs in Kenya’s agriculture. A case study approach was used where three cases were examined: (a) emergency seed distribution in the arid and semi-arid lands and remote areas ...